Dress offensively to Linh Quy Phap An pagoda; Temple representatives speak up?

Recently, the image of a group of women dressed offensively at Linh Quy Phap An Pagoda (Bao Loc, Lam Dong) - a temple that is quite famous when many young people come here to visit and take photos is being spread on social networks. society upset many people.

According to the shared images, this group is about 20 people, mostly women in their 30s. These people wear yoga clothes with tight pants or wide-leg pants and crop tops with armpits, open stomach, and pose for photos at the sky gate area in front of the temple. These are inappropriate attire for a sanctuary such as a temple. Moreover, the group of women is also said to be indifferent, casually laughing and joking loudly, creating many photo poses that make other tourists extremely angry.

A tourist who took these pictures said the group of women went to the temple at around 7am. On the way, they still wore their coats, took them off when they arrived, and posed for photos at all 3 heaven gates. This group is yoga practitioners, accompanied by a teacher and 2-3 photographers.

This guest also said that the other group of women talked loudly, laughed loudly, disturbing many other tourists visiting and taking photos. By the time this guest left at about 7:30, the group had not finished taking pictures.

"Many tourists present are quite upset, but because the group is quite large, people are afraid to remind, do not want to have a quarrel in a peaceful place" - an angry tourist.

Immediately after posting, the series of photos caused a storm on the internet and received thousands of critical comments:

"If I go to a sanctuary and dress like this, I will also accept it if I bend and laugh."

"All the sisters are over 30, but why are they so ignorant?"

"Perhaps the number of visitors on New Year's Eve is too large, so the temple cannot manage it all."

"A few times when traveling, people invited me to the temple, but I didn't go in because I accidentally wore short clothes. Please respect the spiritual place a little"...

Master Phap Nghia - who manages them at Linh Quy Phap An Pagoda - said the group of guests had not asked for permission to take photos at the temple. If they ask for permission to wear clothes like in the recorded photos, the temple will not agree.

"Yesterday, monks and nuns held a retreat at another temple, many monks went to attend the retreat and guide Buddhists, so there was a delay in managing the heaven gate area. Besides, due to right During the New Year holiday, the number of visitors to the temple is very large, making management difficult," said Mr. Phap Nghia.

Linh Quy Phap An Pagoda originally put up a sign announcing the types of clothing that are not allowed to be worn when entering the sanctuary. However, there are still many visitors who violate the regulations.

Mr. Phap Nghia said that the temple has a guard to look after and remind visitors about the dress, but he has asked to take a break for a few days. Usually, when the security guard sees that guests are wearing short clothes, they will lend them a sundress to wear or remind them to wear more ao dai.

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